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A Train-Wreck Waiting To Happen: Managed Code and the Windows Shell
The CLR has a major design flaw; each process can only have one. When you combine this with a ubiquitous process like explorer.exe, disaster can strike.
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WPF as a Rich Client Technology?
WPF makes it easy to create visually impressive apps, but also has other talents which make it a compelling choice as a rich client over back-ends written in any technology such as Java, Ruby, or .NET. A new article on InfoQ compares WPF to alternatives such as Ajax/DHTML, Swing, and Flash; it will also look at some scenarios where a WPF client makes sense, using Java as the back-end example.
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Adobe Releases Flex Cookbook Online Beta
This week Adobe released an online cookbook for Flex application development tips. There also seems to be a defined path for taking the snippets available online and bundling them into an O'Reilly compilation in the future.
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Microsoft has brought .NET to the World of Robotics
Seeing parallels between the computer industry of 30 years ago and the robotics industry of today, Microsoft is determined to not be left out of the next big thing. For their initial play, Microsoft has released the Microsoft Robotics Studio.
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Microsoft PDC 2007 Announced
Microsoft announces the Professional Developers Conference 2007, (PDC 2007), will be hosted in Los Angeles. PDC 2007 is a Microsoft technology futures conference focused on lead developers and software architects.
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JetBrains Resharper 2.5 RTM
Last week JetBrains released version 2.5 of their Visual Studio 2005 add-in called ReSharper. Developers use ReSharper to enhance their Visual Studio 2005 coding experience.
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ASP.NET AJAX Has Hit Release Candidate 1
ASP.NET AJAX, formally know as the Atlas project, was envisioned as a well to build AJAX applications in an ASP.NET style. Among other things, that means using drag and drop controls instead of hand-coded JavaScript for most use cases. What makes ASP.NET AJAX particularly interesting is the shared-source control library.
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Windows Assessment Numbers and a Lesson on Avoiding Unsafe Code
Windows assessment numbers are expected to be very useful for comparing computers in the store or for identifying performance bottlenecks in systems you already own. Other possible uses include altering an application's behavior depending on the system's capabilities. But using them from managed code isn't exactly easy, especially when you have to deal with raw pointers.
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Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Released Today
The long awaited, and some say much needed, service pack 1 for Visual Studio 2005 has been released today.
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Channel9: .NET client with Java integration at Industrial and Financial Systems
Dan Johansson, CIO of the Swedish company Industrial and Financial Systems (IFS) talks about is over all architecture and experiences, including how they integrate multiple client types (including .NET) over a J2EE backend and Oracle DB.
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What should Lambda Expressions in Visual Basic Look Like?
In order to support LINQ, Visual Basic is adding support for lambda expressions. Lambda expressions are essentially inline functions and are a corner-stone of functional programming languages like Lisp and Haskell. As the next version of Visual Basic edges ever closer, certain syntactical issues need to be addressed.
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ECMA Passes OpenXML Standard to the Chagrin of ODF Supporters
ECMA has passed Microsoft's Open XML standard. This format, original conceived as an XML version of the various Microsoft Office formats. While some are rejoicing at the prospect of Microsoft loosening its grip on the industry, others see it as an abuse of the process.
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Jon Udell joins Microsoft
Jon Udell will leave InfoWorld and its Test Center to join Microsoft. He will be joining the Channel 10 team to bridge the gap between "alpha geeks" and the mainstream civilization.
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InfoQ Book: Domain Driven Design Quickly
Despite the importance of Domain Driven Design, not many people are aware of it, which is why InfoQ commissioned the writing of a 100 page mini-book: Domain Driven Design Quickly. Like all InfoQ books is available for free download as well as print-purchase. The book is a short, quickly-readable summary and introduction to the fundamentals of DDD.
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XNA Game Studio Express Releases
XNA Game Studio Express was released early this morning. Now developers can create games for the Xbox 360 and play them in the same day on their own console.